'Pesthouse' definitions:
Definition of 'pesthouse'
From: WordNet
noun
Hospital for persons with infectious diseases (especially leprosy) [syn: lazaretto, lazaret, lazarette, lazar house, pesthouse]
Definition of 'Pesthouse'
From: GCIDE
- Pesthouse \Pest`house"\, n. A house or hospital for persons who are infected with any pestilential disease. [1913 Webster]